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TENTH ROOM. 
VEGETABLES. 
room x. In the Cases 1 to 6, and part of Case 24, are 
Nit. Hist, deposited numerous specimens of vegetable pro¬ 
ductions : the following are the most remarkable : 
cases Various seeds and seed vessels, particularly 
1 * that of the Nelumbo ; the root of an Asiatic fern, 
popularly called the vegetable lamb, from the 
rude resemblance it bears to a lamb when placed 
in an inverted position, as in the present spe¬ 
cimen ; cones of firs, &c. 
2. Various specimens of lagetto bark, &c. 
3. Various gourds. On the bottom shelf, the 
double or divided cocoa-nut, a rare fruit belong¬ 
ing to the palm called Lodoicea Maldivica, grow¬ 
ing on the coasts of the Indian island Praslin. 
4* Various cocoa-nuts ; a cactus rnelocactus ; a 
top of a cabbage tree. 
5 a Various specimens of woods ; roots ; worm- 
eaten wood. 
6. Morbid excrescences on trees, &c. 
24. Fruits of various kinds in spirits. 
In the comer of the room between cases 6 and 
7, is a fine specimen, in spirits, of the fructifi¬ 
cation of a palm tree. 
ZOOPHYTES . 
